University of Auckland

CC20421 · NZBN 9429041925300 · Emergency / disaster relief · Auckland
Registered 8 Jan 2008 · Status: Registered · Latest return year: 2025 · Tier 1

Key facts: University of Auckland is a registered New Zealand charity (CC20421), operating in the emergency / disaster relief sector, reporting latest gross income of NZ$1.5B and total expenditure of NZ$1.5B for the year ended 2025.

The University was established as a university by section 3 of the University of Auckland Act 1961 (UOA Act) for the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination and maintenance thereof by teaching and research. The University is treated as having been established as an institution under section 268 of the Education and Training Act 2020 (ETA) and is a body corporate with perpetual succession.
NZ$1.5B
Gross income
NZ$1.5B
Expenditure
NZ$5.4B
Total assets
NZ$4.6B
Total equity

Income vs expenditure

Each year from the charity's annual returns. The top bar is money coming in, the bar below is money spent.

Income  Expenditure
2018
NZ$1.1B
NZ$1.1B
2019
NZ$1.2B
NZ$1.1B
2020
NZ$1.2B
NZ$1.2B
2021
NZ$1.3B
NZ$1.2B
2022
NZ$1.3B
NZ$1.2B
2023
NZ$1.5B
NZ$1.4B
2024
NZ$1.5B
NZ$1.5B
2025
NZ$1.5B
NZ$1.5B

Funding mix (latest year)

Donations / kohaNZ$13.5M
Govt funding reliance: 0%. Reserves cover ~37 months.
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